Reported prose from our newsroom. Striker
Steve Erceg brings a 5-3 UFC record to Abu Dhabi. The flyweight debuted June 10, 2023, and has fought eight times in the promotion. Erceg challenged for the flyweight title in his fourth UFC bout, losing a unanimous decision to champion Alexandre Pantoja on May 4, 2024. He then dropped two straight, stopped by Kai Kara-France in the first round Aug. 17, 2024, and losing a unanimous decision to Brandon Moreno on March 29, 2025. Erceg has won his last two. He took a unanimous decision over Ode Osbourne at bantamweight on Aug. 9, 2025, and beat Tim Elliott by unanimous decision back at flyweight on May 2, 2026.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | pending |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Hometown | Myaree, Western Australia |
| Fighting out of | Wilkes Martial Arts |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Reach | 68.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 31 |
| Date of birth | Jul 27, 1995 |
| Weight | 125 lbs. |
| Pro record | 14-4 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Steve Erceg 6×, 4 correct (4-2 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | Ramazan Temirov | Ankalaev vs Guskov | 51% | Missed |
| 2026-05-02 | Tim Elliott | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs Prates | 74.4% | Correct |
| 2025-08-09 | Ode Osbourne | UFC Fight Night: Medic vs Urbina | 62.7% | Correct |
| 2024-08-17 | Kai Kara-France | UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs Hooker | 64% | Missed |
| 2024-03-02 | Matt Schnell | UFC Fight Night: Zahabi vs Basharat | 74.5% | Correct |
| 2023-11-11 | Alessandro Costa | UFC Fight Night: Ricci vs Godinez | 66.5% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.
Pro record: 14-4. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
